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CNN Managed to Finally Do Right in Firing Anchor Chris Cuomo and Still Managed to Get So Much Wrong.

December 6, 2021 by  
Filed under News, Politics, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Last night the news broke that CNN had made the corporate decision to terminate its relationship with beleaguered on-air pundit Chris Cuomo. It was a move that was both a long time in coming and something that should have been addressed over one year ago. While the move is proper, based on the […]

Actress Halle Berry’s Bruised Premieres at 2021 American Black Film Festival.

December 5, 2021 by  
Filed under Entertainment, News, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) The American Black Film Festival  named actress-turned-director Halle Berry its official ABFF Ambassador in 2021. As the fest celebrated its 25th year, Berry proudly showcased her directorial debut Bruised. Normally the fest takes place in Miami, but this year ABFF’s Black films screened on their streaming service ABFFPLAY.com. Berry’s new film was one of the bright spots. Bruised (**1/2) – “I’m big and you’re […]

Courts To Joe Biden: No Mandates For You!

December 5, 2021 by  
Filed under Health, Money/Business, News, Politics, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Freedom wins… again… twice! Late last night I broke the news to my listeners and viewers that the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court had denied the Biden administration on two specific attempts to evade justice. The vaccine mandates the *president has issued are repeatedly being ruled unconstitutional for subsets of workers across the nation. […]

MSNBC Rachel Maddow, Libertarian on One Issue.

December 5, 2021 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) Rachel Maddow is one of America‘s most popular proponents of socialism. Government is never big enough for Maddow. Bernie Sanders has a friend in Maddow. But when the subject is abortion, you will not find a more enthusiastic libertarian. After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Nov. 30 on Mississippi’s law banning […]

Crime Reform Is Here. Do You Feel Safer?

December 4, 2021 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) If a conservative is a liberal who got mugged, California is about to have a bumper crop of right-wingers as the social compact is crumbling in the Golden State and beyond. California retailers are under siege as smash-and-grab gangs raid stores with impunity. Rachel Michelin, president of the California Retailers Association, has likened […]

A Tale of Two Cities.

December 4, 2021 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) “Justice,” now better known as “accountability,” is an elusive consequence and, in the current social/cultural/political climate, is becoming more elusive with each passing day. Like that well-known quote of Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart in 1964 defining pornography — “I know it when I see it” — most objective people who control or […]

Our Criminal Justice System Needs Dramatic Reform.

December 4, 2021 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) In the civil rights movement, we were constantly reminded to keep our eyes on the prize. What’s the prize? Equality of opportunity and results, which requires equity in every facet of our lives — education, housing, homeownership, job training, employment, political access and especially in the criminal justice system. Our criminal justice system […]

Dr. Oz Quacks the Code of Republican Politics.

December 2, 2021 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) Sean Parnell, the Trump-anointed candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania, dropped out of the race a week ago after a custody hearing that featured lurid details of his relationship with his ex-wife. Laurie Snell alleged that Parnell had struck her, choked her, left her by the side of the road and hit one of […]

December is upon us.

December 2, 2021 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) It’s official. Fall is a fleeting memory; it is getting cold, cold. It feels like darkness comes just a few hours after I wake up each day. The leaves are almost all gone off the trees. And we have just one more month left in 2021. I don’t know about you, but this […]

The Mysterious Unpopularity of Vice President Kamala Harris.

December 1, 2021 by  
Filed under Money/Business, News, Politics, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Vice President Kamala Harris spent over $500 on cookware at a fancy store during her diplomatic visit to Paris. I’ll pause here to give you time to pick yourself up off the floor. It’s a major shock to learn that someone with a net worth of $7 million would do a little shopping […]

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